Smyrna times., 1887-10-05
The State Fair.

me state FAR that started out SO
well was terribly interfered with by
the rain aud wet weather of Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday. The Farm
Gad Home speaking in the present tense
say the fruit department is quite as
good as last year if not better. c. Gun
dy Brown takes the lead here with for
ty-six varieties of apples, nine of
peaches and nine of pears. Ellwauger
q Barry, of Rochester, N. Y, have on
exhibition twenty-five varieties of pears
and plate of superb ounces. Their
pears are all fine and the Clairgeau.
Sheldon, BOusock, Agonleme and
Flemish Beauty are deserving of un-
stinted praise. w. T. Massey, of
Smyrna, leads in grapes and has eight
varieties.
Geo. w. Killen, of FELTON,, stands
next to Mr.. Brown in fruit, and in
some respects his exhibit is equal, if
not superior, to Mr.. Browns. John
Dagger, w. +. Mckee and N. J. Lodge
are other exhibitors.
The display of vegetables is also
good, quite equal to that of any former
year. Tomatoes especially prominent,
while sweet and round potatoes are
numerously on hand and form an inter
esting study for those engaged in rails
ing them.
The cattle department contains a
greater variety than formerly, the Jer-
seys no longer having it their own way
IN all the classes, though they still hold
leading place in number and merit.
The main cattle building has been re-
arranged so as to accommodate MANY
more animals than before. In it are
the herds of Jerseys of c. Frear, Ris-
ing Sun; DR., Mccoy, Kirkwood
and +. II. Bancroft, of Camden; a fine
herd of thirteen head, owned by Will
liam Fairweather, of Erie, Pa; and q
herd Of ShOrthorns, and a fine Holstein
bull, exhibited by Jehu NJ. Reed. of
Frederick. Near by, in the smaller
stable, Is the most attractive herd on
the grounds, the magnificent Holsteins
of the Mccormick Brothers, of Bell
Air, Md. The herd consists of eleven
animals, all in excellent condition and
all of superior merit. The Herefords
are represented by single COW and
calf, by A. L. Hudson, of Smyrna.
J. Colby Smith, of Willow Grove,
has the lead in swine, having on exhi-
bitioR several pens of Berkshires, and
about an equal number of Jersey Reds.
Henry E. Moore also shows some good
Berkshire pigs. N. J. Lodge, George
Hope and T. J. Moore are present with
some very neat porkers, big and little.
E. R. Grant has pen of fine Suffolk,
a small, chunky breed, very white and
very easily kept.
The show of sheep was better and
larger than last year. J. Frank Denney
Ridgeley Harrington, DIR. Henry
Ridgely and George Hope are the lead
ing exhibitors. Ridgeley Harrington's
Cotswolds dispute the first place with
the South Downs of George Hope, with
the odds in their favor.
Among the horses are some of the
finest bred animals in the world.
The poultry is about equal to last
year. H. NJ. Thomas, of Camden. is
the leading exhibitor, though Others
have some very fine birds. Nearly all
breeders are represented.
The carriage bazaar contains an ex-
hibit well worth seeing. w. R. Cahoon,
of Dover has ten carriages on exhibit
ton and Walter & Cummings have
two. McLear & Kendall, the Novelty
carriage works and Cahill & Co., of
Wilmington, are here with fine dis
plays. The Smyrna Buggy Company
has four good carriages in line. The
Cahill & Co., carriages show as fine
workmanship as one could desire in
this line.
The machinery is more abundant
than ever before and better. First
comes the display of Walter A. Wood.
with self binder, reaper, one of the best
moving machines made and a "lieht-
ming artist" that makes fine pictures in
three minutes.
The banner Brothers, of Dover.
have splendid exhibit, in which the
Champion mowers and reapers take
the lead. Stevenson & Slaughter, also
ofDover, come next in order with full
line of goods from their large store in
town. They handle the Adriance
reaper. Geo. w. Baker, of Dover, also
has large number of machines and
implements on the grounds, including
the Osbourne binder and the now
famous Sandwich corn shelters.
Thomas Cox, still another Of Dover's
enterprising agricultural implement
men, has the Deering reapers and
mowers, well known everywhere.
A. II. Reid's creamery is on deck in
full operation.
The Raritan agricultural works are
represented by J. w. Wilbur, and
shows some good cultivators.
The best sulky pillow we have ever
seen is the Big Injun," made by the
Gale Manufacturing Company, of
Albion, Michigan, and placed on ex-
hibitiOn by Carter & Emory, of Fred
erica. It is light, easily managed,
strong, light draft and will turn
square corner in the ground. It is a
complete machine of the kind. The
same firm have on exhibition the Gale
plows, the Hench cultivator and the
Eclipse feed cutter.
The ladies' building contains over
1000 entries and it issimply impossible
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